Getting High in Glacier National Park
G’day Mates,
Several years ago, a client purchased all the spaces in our Kenya tour for the privilege of having an exclusive experience, to have me all to himself as it were, and learn all the field technique and digital processing he could absorb during the two-week safari. It was a sublime adventure for both of us; Peter, the client, felt he got his money’s worth (He could be driving a nice sports car for what he paid for that exclusive experience.) while I regarded the tour as a magnificent, once-in-a-lifetime event. Let’s be honest, being in the company of kindred spirits in some of the world’s most remarkable natural locations doing what we love to do is always a precious gift. I never take it for granted.
Read MoreThe Arizona Light & Color Tour – Epilogue
G’day everyone,
Early on in our communications about this trip, Eliot had made it clear to me that there was a singular image that he simply had to get or he would consider the entire venture to be a disappointment. I had so far done my job, always standing close to Eliot in case he needed advise about composition, filters, choice of lenses, to check his histogram and suggest some exposure compensation, and, at times, he reciprocated with valuable suggestions of his own. We made a good team. Owing to our due diligence and good fortune we had already taken a number of publishable photos. Still, as we drove up to Moab, Utah, I couldn’t shake the apprehension I continued to feel about fulfilling my role in this enterprise because we had yet to nail Eliot’s prize, what he considered to be the Holy Grail of our southwest tour – the stunning image of Mesa Arch aglow at sunrise.
Read MoreThe Arizona Light & Color Tour – Part ll
G’day Everyone,
After the Grand Canyon, the tour headed south, stopping for a sunset shot of Cathedral Rock in Sedona before returning to Phoenix to overnight and depart for home the following morning. At Sedona, I hugged and kissed my wife, Cheryl, goodbye, bid everyone else farewell, and instead of accompanying everyone to Phoenix, I climbed into Eliot Scher’s rented Grand Cherokee and the two of us headed for Kayenta and Monument Valley.
Read MoreThe 2010 Arizona Light & Color Tour, Part I
G’day Everyone,
One would think that leading an exclusively landscape photography tour in Arizona, the off chance of spotting a California Condor or Elk notwithstanding, would be a piece of cake. Heck, it should even be easier than photographing fall foliage in New England since, after all, fall colors are ephemeral and tumble to the ground within a few days after turning and, as unlikely as it seems, one can actually miss peak autumn color! (Believe me, I ought to know.) But the rain-bowed rocks and famed geological formations of the American southwest – the buttes, mesas, canyons, and arches, well, they aren’t tumbling down or losing their vermilions and ochres and burnt oranges anytime soon, unless you’re a geologist and consider, say, five million years “soon”. Yes, one would think that getting world-class images of these locations is as easy as, well, pointing and shooting.
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